Disclaimer: I do not own any Twilight characters.
Only five minutes until practice started. I was in the locker room pulling my long blonde hair up into a ponytail.
"Come on," Alice said cheerfully, skipping past me to the door.
Hesitantly, I followed her out the door. Alice was extremely excited for me to meet her brothers.
The grassy area where we were going to practice was right next to the baseball field. Bella and Rosalie were already out there with a few other girls, presumably waiting for me and Alice.
As we walked over, I saw Alice scanning the baseball field. With a little pout, she told me, "They're not here yet."
By they, I assumed she meant her brothers. Why was she so eager for me to meet them?
"Are you guys coming or what?" Rosalie called impatiently.
I hurried up a little bit. Rosalie scared me a little.
We started by stretching out. Then, we started working on some routines. Fifteen minutes into practice, we saw a group of guys running laps around the baseball field.
Jacob and some guys I didn't recognize were in the lead. The unfamiliar guys all had the same strikingly pale skin as Alice and Rosalie. They were her brothers. I only caught a very quick glimpse as they sprinted past—two had lighter hair and one had darker hair.
"Darlene!" Rosalie complained as I missed some steps in the routine.
"Sorry." I had been too busy paying attention to the baseball players.
Alice just grinned at me.
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By the time we were done with practice, it was after six. I was hot, sweaty, and tired. Rosalie was a slave driver, and since she was the captain of the team (not because she was the most popular, but because she was the best), she decided when we were done with practice. We'd only had one five-minute break after Bella had begged her.
During the five-minute break, I had stared out at the guys on the baseball field as I guzzled down some water. Alice's brothers were facing away from me playing the field, and Jacob was up to bat. He cracked the ball hard into the outfield, and I thought for sure he was going to have a homerun. But, amazingly, the dark haired one managed to catch the ball. I don't know how he did it because everything happened so fast. It was like I had blinked and missed the whole thing.
Now, the guys were just milling around the field. Their practice was over, too.
Alice tugged on my arm. "Come on."
"Now?" My hair was escaping its ponytail and my face was red from being so hot.
"Yes," Alice insisted. "Now. You look fine."
I didn't believe her, but I let her drag me onto the field anyway. Rosalie and Bella joined us as we walked over.
"Hey guys," Alice called over to her brothers.
They turned around slowly, still laughing from a joke someone had just told.
And then I passed out.